The "I Am" of John 8:58

– posted by J_Penton
Originally published in "The Christian Quest"  Vol.1 No. 1  (Winter 1988)

Re-published by permission of the author

Quest 1-1 M J Penton - The I Am of John 8v58

 

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  • Comment by chicho on 2020-03-02 01:54:36

    Muy buen articulo, podria aunar algo mas.
    La traduccion de los Testigos de Jehova en el Exodo 3:14 dice "Yo Resultare Ser Lo que Resultare Ser" lo cual no me parece apropiado y su nueva biblia en español de 2018 dice "Yo Ser Lo que Yo Decida Ser" (porque habria de ser diferente en dos biblias de la misma religion? Que extraño); pero esta definicion es tomada de del Genesis 26:3 que dice "Yo continuare" y "Yo Seguire" y de Zacarias 8:8 que dice "Yo Mismo Llegare a Ser" de las dos biblias de la Watchtower. Parece ser y lo revise en biblia Hebreo español Interlineal que la palabra que coincide en Zacarias y genesis es ehyeh que significa "Yo Soy".
    Ahora, en el articulo del Doctor Penton menciona que los judios persiguieron a Jesus con piedras porque Jesus se dijo ser Dios, pero a mi parecer los judios lo querian apedrear porque Jesus menciono parte del nombre divino (tetragamatron) Eyeh (Yo soy) y era un nombre que No se podia mencionar por cuestiones de cabala judia, y para corroborar esto les menciono el texto de Juan 18:5,6 en ese texto tambien dice "Yo Soy" (ehyeh) y en el parrafo 6 se menciona que los soldados "retrocedieron y se echaron al suelo"como si estuvieran ante algo divino o adorando a alguien.
    Ademas podriamos aunar los textos de Apocalipsis que mencionan que el Alfa y el Omega tambien hacen referencia a Jesus.
    Por lo cual, esto me hace pensar que Dios Padre (no digo Jehova porque "Jehova" no aparece en las escrituras griegas cristianas) y Jesus son uno y a la vez diferentes, estamos ante un Dios Dual (geminis de la cultura griega como ejemplo) pero No son Iguales en grado de Igualdad, mas bien Dios Padre es mas importante y Jesus lo es menos pero aun asi Creo todas las cosas existentes. Y cuando Jesus vencio a la Muerte, Dios padre le dio su pocision (trono, hasta que venza a sus enemigos) la cual todos deberiamos "adorar" segun Hebreos 1:6.
    Es importante señalar que desde un principio ellos Dos (Jesus dijo que El y Dios Padre son el mismo) hablan desde Genesis 1. Y tambien señalar que la palabra hebrea "Elohim" significa "dioses" en plural, tal vez refiriendose a Dios Padre y Jesus. Y como bien sabemos el pacto hebreo es con Yahve y el nuevo pacto es de Jesus.
    No soy erudito pero eso es lo que entiendo de lo que he investigado y de lo que da mi memoria; y se que como JW ellos quieren degradar la pocision de Jesus y eso No es correcto

  • Comment by Judá Ben-Hur on 2020-03-02 11:50:58

    Gracias Chicho. Me encantó el artículo del Dr. Penton. Sin embargo, difiero de Usted con respecto al uso de “Elohim” y su aplicación como “Dios en Plural” o “Dioses”... quizá esa esa la traducción literal al Español, pero su uso quizás es para denotar algo superlativamente. Indagaré al respecto, pero aprecio sus comentarios.

  • Comment by Igor Kocelj on 2020-03-02 12:40:30

    I agree that "ego eimi" doesn't mean that Jesus is God. Interestingly. the same expression was used by a blind man who was healed by Jesus (John 9:9), and by Jesus himself, in his conversation with the Samaritan woman (John 4:26).
    In both instances, "ego eimi" translates as "I am he".
    The blind man in John 9:9 was confirming his identity.
    In John 4:26 Jesus was also confirming his identity AS A MESSIAH.

    So, by saying, "before Abraham was, ego eimi", Jesus said that he was THE (promissed) MESSIAH before Abraham even existed.

    1 Peter 1:19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

  • Comment by Frankie on 2020-03-04 18:37:16

    Hello Judá Ben-Hur

    Thank you for this link and especially to Mr Penton for very insightful work about John 8:58. It is useful to me as linguistic background, because I sometimes encounter this problem in discussions.

    God's name is clearly defined in the book of Exodus. If someone tells me that God 's name is "I am", then I ask him if he can count only until to 14. For if he could count to 15, then he would have read Exodus 3:15, where God clearly said to Moses:
    "God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations." (NLT).
    Frankie

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